John 4:23

4:23 But a time ¹  is coming – and now is here ²  – when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks ³  such people to be ⁴  his worshipers. ⁵ 

John 7:18

7:18 The person who speaks on his own authority ⁶  desires ⁷  to receive honor ⁸  for himself; the one who desires ⁹  the honor ¹⁰  of the one who sent him is a man of integrity, ¹¹  and there is no unrighteousness in him.

[4:23]  ¹ tn Grk “an hour.”

[4:23]  ² tn “Here” is not in the Greek text but is supplied to conform to contemporary English idiom.

[4:23]  ³ sn See also John 4:27.

[4:23]  ⁴ tn Or “as.” The object-complement construction implies either “as” or “to be.”

[4:23]  ⁵ tn This is a double accusative construction of object and complement with τοιούτους (toioutous) as the object and the participle προσκυνοῦντας (proskunounta") as the complement.

[7:18]  ⁶ tn Grk “who speaks from himself.”

[7:18]  ⁷ tn Or “seeks.”

[7:18]  ⁸ tn Or “praise”; Grk “glory.”

[7:18]  ⁹ tn Or “seeks.”

[7:18]  ¹⁰ tn Or “praise”; Grk “glory.”

[7:18]  ¹¹ tn Or “is truthful”; Grk “is true.”